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Delay to direct London rail plans

الموضوع في 'On Track.' بواسطة LSWR, بتاريخ ‏18 فبراير 2006.

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    A decision on whether new rail services can be run between the north-east of England and London has been delayed until next month, officials have said.
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    Update on above.
    GRAND CENTRAL’S EAST COAST SERVICE ‘ON HOLD’

    THE Rail Regulator's provisional approval for Grand Central’s new service between Sunderland and London has been put on hold after reports of strong pressure from the government and GNER.
    The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is to hold an "oral hearing" on March 6 to hear objections to its provisional decision.

    Last month the ORR said it was "minded to approve" plans for Grand Central to operate three daily direct services from Sunderland, Hartlepool, Eaglescliffe, Northallerton, and Thirsk to London's King's Cross station.

    But ORR rejected GNER's bid to operate 12 additional trains between Leeds and London to create a half-hourly service every weekday, after warning about limited capacity on the route. It also turned down an application from Grand Central to run a direct Bradford-London service.

    The government has attacked the ORR's provisional ruling over apparent concerns that GNER may be unable to pay its promised £1.3bn to the Treasury unless it gets extra track capacity.

    The Department for Transport said: "ORR is independent of government. We are clearly very concerned about ORR's decision and we welcome the fact that they are now willing to hear points of view from all over the country. In our representation to ORR, we question the decision and express concern about its implications."

    According to the Yorkshire Post newspaper, business leaders in West Yorkshire and 6,000 passengers have also called on the ORR to reconsider its decision, along with 45 MPs via an Early Day Motion tabled in Parliament by Wakefield MP Mary Creagh.

    Grand Central's chief executive, Ian Yeowart, told The Guardian newspaper that GNER had already had "51 weeks to make their case" and he questioned the need for further discussion.

    However, Grand Central's backers are still optimistic, reported The Guardian; one said the ORR's chairman, Chris Bolt, was simply ticking every box to ensure that his ruling was not vulnerable to a judicial review by GNER

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